“During their long journey to Ogasawara Islands, the green turtles are likely to ingest and accumulate plastic distributed ...

Microplastics could be disrupting how oceans absorb and store carbon, potentially undermining a natural buffer that helps ...

Researchers have uncovered a troubling connection between plastic pollution in our seas and the acceleration of global warming. These minuscule plastic fragments, smaller than a pencil eraser and ...

Microplastics in rivers, lakes, and oceans aren’t just drifting debris—they’re constantly leaking invisible clouds of ...

Researchers are raising red flags about a growing threat to marine life that's especially harmful for species like orcas and ...

Plastic pollution does more than litter landscapes and oceans. According to a new perspective article published in ...

The bar is low, according to a new study, less than three sugar cubes worth could kill birds like Atlantic puffins, for ...

To understand how plastic pollution affects marine environments, researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ...

It's a problem with no definitive answer. Experts discover concerning phenomenon lurking in ocean waters: 'The theory is ...

When we think of snow, we usually think of winter. But did you know that it is always snowing in the ocean? Read more about marine snow.

It was a year of growing challenges as well as comeback stories in the Great Lakes. While Detroit welcomed a large new park, ...